This is great, thanks for sharing. So you think it's more hardware than software that is holding back progression? I figured that the hardware for many applications robots could do is already there, both in terms of price and technical feasibility. For example, robot vacuuming, material handling, basic manipulation, some social interactions, delivery, etc. But we still don't see them every day, leading me to think it is the cost of software development that is the main blocker. But you make a great point. How much innovation could happen if anyone could play around with a robot in their spare time...

I came to the same conclusion - the cost/progress ratio is still pretty high for the field.

I'm building Github for robotics maps - a platform for robotics software engineers to manage, share, and edit maps in the cloud. https://airbotics.io

It's very much in the Alpha stage and I'm currently working on a demo video that shows the basic functionality of the platform.